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Mark Elias

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
67 total appearances

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

What he actually says earlier is that the Republicans should take control of the voting and that they should target 15 states.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

I agree it will be more than 15 states, but he's not looking to nationalize all the elections.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

He's just looking to take over the places that vote Democratic.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

I mean, I think everything we've seen between his first term and his second term is that it's worse now.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

So in some respects, yes, I think that those executive orders are tempest, but I actually think it'll be quite a bit worse than that.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

So, you know, one of the facts that you're reporting on this was excellent, by the way.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

But the one fact that I would add to this is that you didn't see the U.S.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

Attorney's Office in Georgia

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

as the ones who were signing and seeking that warrant.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

Instead, it was a prosecutor in Missouri.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

And this is something that you're seeing a lot here.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

They're picking individual prosecutors willing to do their dirty work, even if they have no connection with the jurisdiction.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

And that is an innovation that is quite dangerous because that lawyer, that U.S.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

attorney in Missouri now has nationwide jurisdiction.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

So it's not just in Georgia.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

He's like a roaming election denier enforcer lawyer for the federal government.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

And the other thing I'd ask, you know, based on your reporting, you know, Jen, would you rather at this point have him try to order the U.S.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

military to do this or the paramilitary that we see going on in Minnesota?

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

Right.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki
Panicked by bad news, Trump makes elections power grab and leaves staff sputtering with excuses

I'm less worried that he's going to get the Pentagon to